Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
- 29 mins
- 04 Aug 2022
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Science In Action
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The first galaxies at the universe's dawnJames Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time
- 27 mins
- 28 Jul 2022
Heat waves in the Northern HemisphereHeat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
- 29 mins
- 21 Jul 2022
First images from the James Webb Space TelescopeA sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
- 31 mins
- 14 Jul 2022
Long Covid ‘brain fog’New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’
- 30 mins
- 07 Jul 2022
Extreme heat death risk in Latin AmericaNew study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
- 32 mins
- 30 Jun 2022
Monster microbeGigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.
- 34 mins
- 23 Jun 2022
Thirty years after the Earth SummitThirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
- 29 mins
- 16 Jun 2022
Body scan reveals HIV's hideoutsA medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.
- 29 mins
- 09 Jun 2022
Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
- 29 mins
- 02 Jun 2022
Heat death by volcano and other storiesNew insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
- 29 mins
- 26 May 2022
Death in the rainforestClimate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
- 29 mins
- 19 May 2022
Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heartAstronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
- 29 mins
- 12 May 2022
Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
- 29 mins
- 05 May 2022
The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwaveThe Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
- 31 mins
- 28 Apr 2022
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burdenSolar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
- 33 mins
- 21 Apr 2022
How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depressionBrain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
- 30 mins
- 14 Apr 2022
Tsunami detective in TongaWhat really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
- 34 mins
- 07 Apr 2022
Radioactive Red ForestAre Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
- 29 mins
- 31 Mar 2022
Warming worldExtreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.
- 32 mins
- 24 Mar 2022